BEFORE YOU START
What is this all about?
Norton Heath is not allocated for development in the published Local Plan. The problem is the supporting assessment: HBBC gave LPR231 a D5 classification, which leaves a finding that the proposal is still capable of allocation in principle, despite the council’s own evidence recording unavailable land and a fragmented proposal.
In plain English: HBBC has rejected Norton Heath for now but left the door ajar. This response asks the council to close that door properly.
THE CHANGE NHDOG IS ASKING FOR
Correct LPR231 to D1 — or, at the absolute minimum, D2.
If the land now available cannot support a self-contained new settlement, the special reason LPR231 passed Sift 1 falls away and D1 is the proper classification. If HBBC insists that the new-settlement exception still applies, its recorded availability and achievability failure means D2 is the minimum defensible classification. D5 should not remain.
PLAIN ENGLISH
What do D1, D2 and D5 mean?
They are not scores. The number shows the stage at which the council says a site should be discounted.
- D1
- The site does not pass the first strategic-location test. For Norton Heath, that applies if the reduced, fragmented land can no longer form the self-contained new settlement used to justify the exception.
- D2
- The site is not realistically available or achievable, or a constraint prevents it coming forward. This is the minimum outcome if HBBC says the new-settlement exception still applies.
- D5
- The council says the site could be allocated but is not needed because other sites were selected. That leaves a favourable finding on the record — and that is what this objection challenges.
YOUR RESPONSE
You do not need to know planning law.
This is not a petition or a vote. You are explaining why HBBC’s evidence or conclusion is not justified and telling the council exactly what it should correct.
- Choose only the concerns you genuinely share.
- Add your own knowledge or experience in your own words.
- Review and download a completed PDF or editable Word version of the council’s response form, then attach it to your email.
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Submit your response by 5pm on Monday 21 September 2026 (UK time).
YOU STILL CAN’T MITIGATE THAT
Your concerns.
Your words. Your response.
Use the Norton Heath evidence review to prepare a personal response to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Choose the points you agree with and add what you know. Your words will be placed inside the relevant evidence before you review and download the completed form.
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STEP 1 OF 3
What do you want HBBC to answer?
Pick only the concerns you share. Open “Read the point” to see the argument and its evidence before adding it.
Keep Norton Heath excluded and replace D5 with D1 where the fragmented land no longer supports the new-settlement exception. If HBBC maintains that exception, apply D2 at the absolute minimum because availability and achievability have not been demonstrated. Confirm that LPR231 has no reserve, safeguarded-growth or fallback status.
STEP 2 OF 3
Make every point yours.
Write naturally and only include points you stand behind. Your words will sit inside the matching argument, followed by a clear explanation of why the local information matters.
STEP 3 OF 3
Your form and cover email.
Review your answers below. Download your completed form, attach the file to your email, then send your response.
Both downloads fill HBBC’s personal details, response table, hearing choice and any equality answers you provide. Longer answers continue inside the table across extra pages. Original council form.
Your cover email
Send your response
- Choose “Prepare PDF” or “Prepare editable Word”, then use the download link. Open your file and check your details, answers and hearing choice. Edit the Word version further if needed.
- Copy the cover email and subject into your email app.
- Attach hinckley_and_bosworth_local_plan_regulation_19_response_form_2026.pdf.
- Send to the address above by 5pm on 21 September 2026 (UK time). Keep your email and any acknowledgement.
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